Due to the new declaration from The White House that September is “Wilderness Month” and because many people are just returning from travels, the deadline to enter your best shots from U.S. wilderness areas has been extended to September 17th. The Wilderness50 coalition, distinguished panel of judges, and the team at Nature’s Best Photography invite photographers at all levels of experience to enter the “Wilderness Forever” photo contest to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
Winners will be displayed in the 2014 print exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, one of the most widely respected and highly visited museums in the world. Also, all winning images will be published in a special publication produced to commemorate this golden anniversary event and promoted nationwide through electronic, print, and event promotions.
If you have already started a submission, thank you! If you have not entered yet, start an entry page now and you will have up until 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on September 17, 2013 to complete your photo uploads.

This video is being featured at the Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibit in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. This provides a chance for a selected group of highly honored images to be viewed by the millions of people who visit the Smithsonian Museum.

Notes From the Field: “SIRI is the second oldest Snow Leopard currently in captivity in Japan. She’s 19 years old, and came to Japan from Banham Zoo (UK) some years ago. She’s an adorable old thing, and as docile as a house cat.
The picture was taken at Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo, Japan, using a Canon EOS-1D Mk111 camera with 300mm f/2.8L lens, perched on a bean-bag. It was a quiet day (rare), and she looked up when I called her name. Lucky timing, I guess. The wire cage does detract a little from the image, but it still remains among my personal favourites.” — Steve Tracy

Editor’s Review:

“Zoo photography continues to impress me. This shot brings an immediate eye to eye connection with this impressive cat. The texture of the hair and sharpness of focus on the head against the soft background makes this an appealing portrait.” — Steve Freligh

Nature’s Best Photography

Presents

2009

NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

WINDLAND SMITH RICE

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS EXHIBITION

at the

November 12, 2009 through May 2, 2010

Congratulations to the Category Winners and the Highly Honored photographers!
We were very impressed by the entries this year and the new level of excellence and education these photographs will bring to the greater public. All the Category Winners and a selected group of Highly Honored images will be on exhibition starting November 12 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, one of the most prestigious and highly visited museum institutions in the world. The complete collection of Winners and Highly Honored images will be featured in the next Fall 2009 Special Collectors Edition of Nature’s Best Photography, coming soon!
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For more information email Steve Freligh at sfreligh@naturesbestphotography.com or call 703-467-9783. Entries for the next Awards accepted beginning January 1, 2010.

All of these Category Winners and the complete collection of the Highly Honored images will be featured in the Fall 2009 Special Collectors Edition of
Nature’s Best Photography Magazine.
It’s coming soon! Order your copy now HERE
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